My dearest of brothers who surprised me at the end of my walk. He himself, a few years earlier, had walked the Mozarabe and via de la Plata. He knew the emotion of walking into Plaza Obrodoiro and wanted to be there for me. I bawled like a baby...
Robo, you are absolutely right. It took me about 27 steps leaving St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to realize what you say here. And I never let that feeling leave me, through wind and rain and heat and shin splints, like so many of us. I praised the...
Beauty is all around Us.
Taking the time to slow down, switch off and just 'give ourselves' to the Camino can be such a wonderful immersive experience. I think I end up walking so slowly, because I just want to soak it all in. I want to savour...
My son and I on the Salvador (and later the Primitivo & Verde) this year. He'd had a couple of rough years and no vacation to speak of. I saw him unwind a little more every day, seamlessly mellowing into our camino, and the weight of his smiles...
The photo my wife took of me in SJPDP before we had even met.
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Oh no, I could probably post about 100+ memorable photos, more than enough to send everyone to sleep.
But here's one of my favourites. I was walking the Camino after I lost my dog Flora. I'd gotten a tattoo of her, and every day, I'd put this...
They just don't know how to easily put it on.
And this is all the reasons I love my Altus:
(And I was a hard-core rainpants and jacket person, who used those in my line of work for almost 20 years as a field biologist in very wet places. I'd...
Just to address a personal pet peeve, the Altus poncho IS NOT A PONCHO! It is a knee length rain jacket that can be expanded to contain a backpack. It opens in the front, you don't have to pull it over your head, you put it on like the rain...
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